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14 Mar 21, Renata (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate)

Home made bug spray. 3 cloves minced garlic 2 tbsp hot pepper flakes 2 tbsp dish soap 1 cup boiling water and 4 cups cold Put garlic, pepper flakes and boiling water into a glass jar and let sit 24 hours. Strain through cheese cloth or coffee filter. Add dish soap and cold water. Put into spray bottle and spray entire plant. Works well to deter most types of moth, beetles and worms. Even rabbits. I use this for years.

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24 Mar 20, Audrey Dempsey (USA - Zone 5b climate)

I am in Upton, MA. My leek plants arrived today. I was planning to be away in April and May, so I had them sent early. Now I am home with trip cancelled. Can I plant the leek plants now? If not, how long can I wait? I have 50 Lancelot leek plants.

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15 Mar 20, Annette (New Zealand - temperate climate)

We planted out four leeks and this morning one is completely gone and another has a small piece of stalk left. What would be eating them? Thanks

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16 Mar 20, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)

You probably have some hungry rabbits eating your leeks. Otherwise, when it is wet enough, slugs will chew them too.

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10 Mar 20, Mike (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

Have just transplanted very small leak plants four centimetres in to garden on the first of March. Does anyone know if they will mature?

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11 Mar 20, Another gardener (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Read the notes here. Transplant out at 4-6 weeks. Sounds like you are pretty close to that. Protect them the first week or two from the sun and wind while they establish themselves. A light watering each day also.

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04 Mar 20, Jenny (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I planted a leek from a seedling in Brisbane in February. It was doing really well until this morning when it went from fine to limp and lying on the ground within the space of about half an hour. Any idea what went wrong? When i peeled the leaves back the inside was literally mush. I thought I might’ve over watered but when I dug the plant out the soil was quite dry

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04 Mar 20, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Maybe water was caught down between the leaves and it just went rotten.

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20 Apr 19, Derek R (New Zealand - temperate climate)

I have just lifted a fantastic crop of leeks. They grew so easily which I didn’t expect through the summer months but so happy they did. Would it be ok to replant leeks in the same soil for winter.

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24 Mar 19, Bertie (New Zealand - temperate climate)

My leeks never fatten up. I wonder why.

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